What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The 20th Century was the century of Aviation and the century of Globalization. The next century will be the century of Space.
Among all the marvels of modern invention, that with which I am most concerned is, of course, air transportation. Flying is perhaps the most dramatic of recent scientific attainment. In the brief span of thirty-odd years, the world has seen an inventor's dream first materialized by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk become an everyday actuality.
The glamour of twentieth-century air travel helped to persuade once-fearful travelers to take to the skies and encouraged parochial Americans to go out and see the world.
Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable us to fly from continent to continent with a speed far exceeding that of a bird.
Aviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating.
The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.
Aviation is for the common man. My goal is to enable everyone to fly. It shouldn't be only for the rich.
If you go back to the early days of aviation, the guys designing it built it, and then they got in it and flew it. I mean, who does that anymore?
Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles.
I believe in the importance of flying in space and the research that we do.
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